Sentences with phrase «apex predator»

Dragonflies spend their larval phase in water, after which they control the air space as the flying apex predators of invertebrates.

As the wolf population plummeted via the rifle and the trap, however, the eastern coyote inherited the status of apex predator in those habitats.

If a fenced area is large — South Africa's mostly fenced Kruger National Park is nearly the size of New Jersey — then the lions still can perform their roles as apex predators and regulate the ecosystem by controlling populations of antelope, buffalo and other ungulates, which in turn help to maintain plant communities.

Emboldened divers seeking a less scripted encounter with apex predators can meet up with everything from hammerheads and lemon sharks to tigers, bulls and oceanic white tips.

New remains plug a 20 - million - year gap in the fossil record and suggest T. rex evolved a big brain as the first step to becoming apex predator

Westby told local media that a school of tuna was in the area, which may account for the presence of the three orcas, apex predators who regularly consume tuna as part of their diet.

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«Humans need a greater tolerance of apex predators if we want to enjoy the environmental benefits they can provide.»

The issue Debate is raging in Australia surrounding the merits of using apex predators (dingoes C. lupus dingo) to conserve native fauna by reducing the abundance or area of impact of mesopredators (introduced red foxes Vulpes vulpes and feral cats Felis catus), which have largely been

However, supporters recognized that this is about more than human traditions — it is about protecting an important apex predator in our ocean that is rapidly disappearing due to overfishing.

We found that PCBs were at excessively high concentrations in the blubber of several marine apex predator species across Europe, including killer whales and bottlenose dolphins, and were associated with long - term and on - going population declines.

The scientists surveyed their colleagues to assess the relative health of more than 30 different groups of species from apex predators, like the tiger, to vines and plants that grow on top of other plants in African, American and Asian reserves.

The earlier study also compared shark population numbers with other apex predators, such as polar bears and killer whales.

With such a powerful bite, it is likely that the Razana was one fearsome apex predator during its time.

So be prepared to see apex predators come right up to the cages to look you in the eyes!

So what happens to an ecosystem when apex predators like sharks disappear?

New dino fossils from Uzbekistan may provide an answer: Along their evolutionary way, tyrannosauroids, as this early dino group is called, developed a keen sense of hearing and other senses that propelled them to apex predator status.

In a warming arctic scenario, this cosmopolitan species may become the «new» arctic apex predator replacing polar bears in areas with reduced sea ice (Ferguson et al. 2010a).

The big mystery was the crucial transition between a primitive little fella trying to survive and a highly evolved apex predator.

High - energy, high - fat lifestyle challenges an Arctic apex predator, the polar bear.

White sharks are among the largest, most widespread apex predators in the ocean, but are also among the most vulnerable.

If two apex predators managed to find mutual benefit in a close relationship once, as early research held, or twice, as the newest analysis indicates, why not three or four or 10 times?

On the surface, bed bugs seem ill - equipped for world domination: They can't fly, jump, or swim; they can survive only on blood; and the world's foremost apex predators — humans — want them all dead.

Finds such as the newly discovered Birgeria species and the fossils of other vertebrates now show that so - called apex predators (animals at the very top of the food chain) already lived early after the mass extinction.

The tyrannosaur Tarbosaurus is one of a line of theropods that evolved into massive apex predators.

Discards from the town's yearly hunt, the remains give biologists a unique opportunity to observe ongoing encounters between apex predators.

The study, «Hunger mediates apex predator's risk avoidance response in wildland - urban interface,» was recently published online in the Journal of Animal Ecology.

«Burmese pythons (Python molurus bivittatus) are apex predators invasive to South Florida,» the authors said.

That's because newly described fossil evidence shows the warm waters of the time were home to a toothy apex predator that chomped its prey like a modern shark.

«This adaptation may have played an important role in the initial radiation and subsequent success of theropods as terrestrial apex predators.»

A related concept, the mesopredator release hypothesis, predicts that the removal of apex predators leads to the irruption of mesopredators with concomitant declines in the abundances of their prey owing to elevated rates of predation by mesopredators [10].

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Not even Charlize Theron in sexed - up apex predator mode can save limp all - star romp about blackmail, kidnapping and murder

Worksheet enables students to deepen learning on herbivores, omnivores, apex predators etc..

The 375kW rear - drive apex predator has shifted the position of its engine from behind the rear axle to in front of it, which the company says provides balance and weight distribution for the 1243 kg racer.

His research reveals that the presence of sea otters, the local apex predator, allowed the slough to flourish.

House cats are basically apex predators that have been confined to a small environment, and, well, they get bored.

But one strategy for restoring order and an ecosystem out of balance that's tried and true is restoring apex predators to those landscapes after they've been wiped out.

Large, powerful apex predators with a biology that does not bow to human ideology, one way or the other.

The encounter we had on April 29th was a great example of how powerful and intelligent these cooperative apex predators are.

Belize is one of the last strong - holds for this threatened apex predator and the more we can share with the world our efforts here on Ambergris Caye and countrywide to protect, study, rehabilitate and conserve the American Crocodile the better chance they have of surviving.» Although a handful of other international filming companies have documented ACES, this will be the first time an entire episode will be dedicated to their story.

The health of the Reefs of Cabo Pulmo is evidenced by these giant apex predators.

One of the best ways to check out these primeval apex predators is during kayaking excursions around Turneffe Atoll as you explore the mangrove creeks, coral gardens, and uninhabited cayes (at least, uninhabited by humans).

From the safety of a cage you can enjoy some of the world's best encounters with these awesome apex predators.

The Natal Sharks Board research and conservation programmes have developed harmless methods like the electrical shark repellent to keep divers safe and this magnificent apex predator around for generations to respect.

So any jump scares you come across are completely organic, caused by stupidly turning a corner without checking and bumping into an eight - foot apex predator.